Joystiq has posted a gallery of fake PS2s which apparently made their way to retailers and eventually got returned to Sony for credit. The pick of the bunch has to be this above image ... a PS2 carved from wood.
Another winner is a PlayStation 2 that was completely hollowed out and had the innards replaced with a pair of hand weights. Quite why these fakers would even go that far is astounding, but the fact they were actually (allegedly) sold to consumers at retail, and then (allegedly) returned and subsequently accepted is truly bizarre.
Now if you'll excuse me, I have these three feathers that I thought were a DS and need taking back to Walmart.
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8:00 AM on 02.06.2009
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Hehe - wood
The old dead one had a different A/V port than the new one so the switch must have been noticed at some point down the line, possibly in a warehouse full of defective Sony products.
I didn't feel bad about it because the original one had a design flaw that caused the heat sink/fan to get dirty which in turn caused the console to overheat unless you turned it upside down. I figured Sony owed me a new one.
Now if you'll excuse me I have to return my PS3 which looks like a Mt. Dew 12 pack.
afterwards i'll try to win this block.
It's 2003, and it's my birthday, September 4th. Soul Calibur 2 had just been released, and my dad had gotten it for my birthday as I was salivating at getting it from the instant I saw it was coming out.
That night, I had a lot of homework. So, I decided to get it all done so I felt like I really earned the few rounds of SCII I'd be able to get in before I went to bed. My homework done, I decide it's time. I open the case.
And I find a demo disc! How cool! It's a Namco disc with some trailers of Tekken 4 and playable I-Ninja and Katamari Damacy demos. So I decide, why not, I'll give I-Ninja a whirl, sounds fun. After about 20 minutes with the demo, I decide it's time for one quick round in SCII before I hit the hay. So I put the demo back in it's plastic flap and flip it over.
I stare at the Ice Cube CD staring back at me, like a wolf in my grandmothers clothing, I could tell something wasn't right. Instead of the sequel to one of the greatest fighting games ever created, I have a CD of an old, washed up rap artist. Overcome with sadness, I try to see the bright side of things. "Maybe this CD isn't so bad," I tell myself. "Maybe I can burn it, enjoy a few songs and take it back for SCII tomorrow."
No. Not only is it not SCII, there's also a giant, triangle shaped chunk of it missing in the middle of the CD. So I can't even pretend there's some enjoyment to get out of this. Someone fucked me over, and they fucked me over royally.
Worst birthday ever.
It's 2003, and it's my birthday, September 4th. Soul Calibur 2 had just been released, and my dad had gotten it for my birthday as I was salivating at getting it from the instant I saw it was coming out.
That night, I had a lot of homework. So, I decided to get it all done so I felt like I really earned the few rounds of SCII I'd be able to get in before I went to bed. My homework done, I decide it's time. I open the case.
And I find a demo disc! How cool! It's a Namco disc with some trailers of Tekken 4 and playable I-Ninja and Katamari Damacy demos. So I decide, why not, I'll give I-Ninja a whirl, sounds fun. After about 20 minutes with the demo, I decide it's time for one quick round in SCII before I hit the hay. So I put the demo back in it's plastic flap and flip it over.
I stare at the Ice Cube CD staring back at me, like a wolf in my grandmothers clothing, I could tell something wasn't right. Instead of the sequel to one of the greatest fighting games ever created, I have a CD of an old, washed up rap artist. Overcome with sadness, I try to see the bright side of things. "Maybe this CD isn't so bad," I tell myself. "Maybe I can burn it, enjoy a few songs and take it back for SCII tomorrow."
No. Not only is it not SCII, there's also a giant, triangle shaped chunk of it missing in the middle of the CD. So I can't even pretend there's some enjoyment to get out of this. Someone fucked me over, and they fucked me over royally.
Worst birthday ever.
My old PS1 was starting to not play any games so a friend i had that worked for EB told me to buy a new one and we would swap the old broken one for the new machine. Although i didnt return it as defective. We did the switch and resealed the box and it was returned as if it was never opened.
Scariest moment ever was when the guy at the store starting tugging on the part of the box that i had re-glued. If it had come open he would have found an old launch PS1 with no cables and no controllers and a bunch of batteries taped to the inside of the box.
One of the dumber things ive done.
I did feel bad about the disappointment it was going to bring to the next person to open that box.
You just made me LAWL!!